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Drawbridge Plans
Preliminary plans for the permanent Lagoon Pond drawbridge will be on display in the offices of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for the next two weeks. The bridge will replace the temporary drawbridge now in place. The state Department of Transportation expects to begin construction in about two years; the permanent bridge will be completed in five years.
Every day it is open, some 350 people walk through the door of the West Tisbury Public Library. The library draws patrons in droves, not just from West Tisbury but from other Island towns as well. It boasts the largest on-Island collection by more than 5,000 pieces, and had an annual circulation of 149,000, far more than that of its closest follower, the Vineyard Haven Public Library, with a circulation of 111,000.
Heather Jardin has been diagnosed with cancer again, and her friends refuse to take a backseat in the effort to get her on the mend. Next Friday, May 14, the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs will host a huge evening event of music and food.
They are calling it Help Heather Beat Cancer, and admission is $20. The band Mercy Beat run by Rick Padilla will play music. Special guests John O’Toole, Loira Burra and others will perform. All food will donated. There will be a silent auction. The event runs from 6 p.m. to midnight.
Island van tour owner Ron Minkin can now count Chilmark among the towns on his route, after the selectmen approved his street license for the coming summer.
The approval stipulates that Mr. Minkin limit his Martha’s Vineyard Transport LLC fleet to 14-passenger vans, and that no tours run through Menemsha after 5 p.m., to avoid congestion from the swarm of visitors that come to enjoy the Menemsha sunsets.
As the high school spring sports season enters the homestretch, the girls’ lacrosse team remains undefeated in their conference and appears to be a lock for the state tournament, while the fates of several others still hang in the balance. The track and field team is flying high again — literally and figuratively — with one athlete setting a new school record in the high jump this week.
Track and Field
Miles for Memories Walk
The annual Alzheimer’s Miles of Memories Walk steps off next Sunday, May 16, at noon, along the bike path from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School to Dodger’s Hole and back. The walk is just under two and a half miles.